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Join us for an event not to be missed – wine tasting, raffles prizes and the unforgettable music of JL Stiles make the perfect renewing experience as we get back to the unavoidable grind after Labor Day.  Blending sheer talent, peaceful folksy blues rhythms and fun audience participation, JL Stiles will have you walking into work the next day with a huge smile on your face.

8:30pm Wine Tasting; 9:30pm Show
TIX: www.cafedunord.com  $10
Take a listen at http://www.jlstiles.com/new/web/

Wine Tasting: Sample both local and international wines.

The Raffle: All proceeds go to NYOF (Nepali Youth Opportunity Foundation--www.nyof.org).  Prizes include wine, art and more.

The Venue: Café du Nord, praised by many to be their favorite place to see live music, has a small intimate setting, good sized bar and very friendly staff, all the makings of a fantastic evening!

The Music:

JL Stiles-

JL Stiles, a dazzling finger-picking guitarist and earthy, powerful singer is a rare breed in the indie folk scene, perhaps like a bluesy and slightly funky Nick Drake but really an enigma to those searching for a genre.  The Stiles trio, joined by Doug Ellington on the trumpet, is liable to paste many a perma-grin with a spunky brand of ragtime that loses none of the authenticity and fun.

“During the show, Stiles seems to fully engage the room with his music and humorous chatter. He closed the show with an impressive display that wowed the crowd, playing his six-string by tapping the frets with both hands to produce a dulcimer-like sound.”

Music Connection J.L. Stiles The Knitting Factory Hollywood

“While his fame is mostly local to Northern California and his audience is still very much the indie set, it seems likely that will change. He's shared stages with such luminaries as Keb' Mo' and Corey Harris, and it's easy to predict that Stiles' time in the spotlight--a gently glowing luminescence, to be sure--will come.”
Genevieve Williams, Blues Revue

Opening Acts-

Quinn Deveaux’s voice can ring of Ray Charles.  Yes, he's that good a singer and his brand of fun and danceable blues and folkways is fueled by his rhythmic guitar finger-picking. 

Sean Garvey will bring a poetic and dusty, more country-tinged Americana to the stage.  Garvey’s soul-wrenching original album “California Parable” grew out of a love for America’s foremost singer-songwriters, including Hank Williams, Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, and poets like Philip Levine.